Category 45
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
- Randy In Brasil
Randy Brecker
[MAMA Records]
- Floating Point
John McLaughlin
[Abstract Logix]
- Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball Adderley
(Various Artists)
Gregg Field & Tom Scott, producers
[Concord Jazz]
- Miles From India
(Various Artists)
Bob Belden, producer
[4Q/Times Square Records]
- Lifecycle
Yellowjackets* Featuring Mike Stern
[Heads Up International]
Category 46
Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)
- Imagina: Songs Of Brasil
Karrin Allyson*
[Concord Jazz]
- Breakfast On The Morning Tram
Stacey Kent
[Blue Note]
- If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything
Kate McGarry
[Palmetto Records]
- Loverly
Cassandra Wilson*
[Blue Note]
- Distances
Norma Winstone (Glauco Venier & Klaus Gesing)
[ECM]
Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)
- Be-Bop
Terence Blanchard*, soloist
Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars)
[Monterey Jazz Festival Records]
- Seven Steps To Heaven
Till Brönner, soloist
Track from: The Standard (Take 6)
[Heads Up International]
- Waltz For Debby
Gary Burton & Chick Corea*, soloists
Track from: The New Crystal Silence
[Concord Records]
- Son Of Thirteen
Pat Metheny*, soloist
Track from: Day Trip
[Nonesuch Records]
- Be-Bop
James Moody, soloist
Track from: Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival (Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All-Stars)
[Monterey Jazz Festival Records]
Category 48
Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
- The New Crystal Silence
Chick Corea* & Gary Burton
[Concord Records]
- History, Mystery
Bill Frisell
[Nonesuch Records]
- Brad Mehldau Trio*: Live
Brad Mehldau Trio
[Nonesuch Records]
- Day Trip
Pat Metheny With Christian McBride & Antonio Sanchez
[Nonesuch Records]
- Standards
Alan Pasqua, Dave Carpenter & Peter Erskine Trio
[Fuzzy Music]
Category 49
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)
- Appearing Nightly
Carla Bley And Her Remarkable Big Band
[WATT]
- Act Your Age
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
[Immergent]
- Symphonica
Joe Lovano* With WDR Big Band & Rundfunk Orchestra
[Blue Note]
- Blauklang
Vince Mendoza
[Act Music and Vision (AMV)]
- Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard
The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
[Planet Arts Recordings]
Category 50
Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Afro Bop Alliance
Caribbean Jazz Project
[Heads Up International]
- The Latin Side Of Wayne Shorter
Conrad Herwig & The Latin Side Band
[Half Note Records]
- Song For Chico
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
[Zoho]
- Nouveau Latino
Nestor Torres
[Diamond Light Records]
- Marooned/Aislado
Papo Vázquez The Mighty Pirates
[Picaro Records]
Category 66
Best Traditional Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- The Blues Rolls On
Elvin Bishop
[Delta Groove Music, Inc.]
- Skin Deep
Buddy Guy*
[Silvertone Records]
- All Odds Against Me
John Lee Hooker Jr.
[Steppin' Stone Records/CC Entertainment]
- One Kind Favor
B.B. King
[Geffen Records]
- Pinetop Perkins & Friends
Pinetop Perkins* & Friends
[Stoneagle Music/Telarc]
Category 67
Best Contemporary Blues Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)
- Peace, Love & BBQ
Marcia Ball*
[Alligator Records]
- Like A Fire
Solomon Burke
[Shout! Factory]
- City That Care Forgot
Dr. John* And The Lower 911
[429 Records]
- Maestro
Taj Mahal*
[Heads Up International]
- Simply Grand
Irma Thomas
[Rounder Records]
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